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Public Health Informatics and Information Systems (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 2014)
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Public Health Informatics and Information Systems (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 2014)
Series: Health Informatics
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This revised edition covers all aspects of public health
informatics and discusses the creation and management of an
information technology infrastructure that is essential in linking
state and local organizations in their efforts to gather data for
the surveillance and prevention. Public health officials will have
to understand basic principles of information resource management
in order to make the appropriate technology choices that will guide
the future of their organizations. Public health continues to be at
the forefront of modern medicine, given the importance of
implementing a population-based health approach and to addressing
chronic health conditions. This book provides informatics
principles and examples of practice in a public health context. In
doing so, it clarifies the ways in which newer information
technologies will improve individual and community health status.
This book's primary purpose is to consolidate key information and
promote a strategic approach to information systems and
development, making it a resource for use by faculty and students
of public health, as well as the practicing public health
professional. Chapter highlights include: The Governmental and
Legislative Context of Informatics; Assessing the Value of
Information Systems; Ethics, Information Technology, and Public
Health; and Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security. Review
questions are featured at the end of every chapter. Aside from its
use for public health professionals, the book will be used by
schools of public health, clinical and public health nurses and
students, schools of social work, allied health, and environmental
sciences.
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